Peter Andrew Lay

Background

Lay, Peter Andrew was born on August 27, 1955 in Korumburra, Victoria, Australia. Son of Esbert William and Dulcie Joan Lay.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Melbourne, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National U., 1981.

Career

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation postdoctoral fellow, Stanford (California) U., 1981-1983; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation postdoctoral fellow, Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, 1983-1984; Queen Elizabeth II fellow, Deakin U., Geelong, Australia, 1984-1985; visiting fellow, Australian National U., Canberra, Australia, 1982-1985; lecturer, U. Sydney, 1985-1988; senior lecturer, U. Sydney, 1989-1993; reader, U. Sydney, 1994-1996; professor, personal chair inorganic chemistry, U. Sydney, since 1997. Guest professor of University Berne, Switzerland, 1991. Chair electrochemical subdivision plan committee International Coordination Chemical Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 1986-1989.

Committee member Standards Australia, Sydney, since 1987.

Achievements

• Peter Andrew Lay has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Bloom-Gutmann prize 1984, Renniemedal 1987). Member American Chemical Society, Society Electroanalytical Chemistry.

Connections

Married Jill Lesley Gordon, April 24, 1983. Children: Carly Marie, Robert Michael, Timothy Dylan.

Father:

Esbert William Lay

Mother:

Dulcie Joan Lay

Spouse:

Jill Lesley Gordon

child:

Carly Marie Lay

child:

Timothy Dylan Lay

child:

Robert Michael Lay